Jackson 'looking forward' to comeback

Michael Jackson has no plans of retiring from the music scene after turning 50 on Friday - insisting he has "great things" planned ahead in his career.

The superstar has transformed the landscape of pop music since breaking out as a solo artist in 1971 - and he has assured fans not to plan for his departure.

He tells US news show 'Good Morning America': "I am still looking forward to doing a lot of great things, so that's hard - I think the best is yet to come in my true humble opinion.

"I am expanding a lot of the avenues... people see some of the things I do and say, 'Why don't you show this to the world? People don't know these things!' Well, maybe I will."

But the entertainer admits he still looks back fondly at his trailblazing career, adding his "happiest" times were "the recording of Thriller and the ‘Off the Wall’ album".

He says: "That meant very much to me and seemed to be received so beautifully by the public and the world. You know, I enjoyed it very much."